Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz will pay a technical visit to Belgrade in the second half of February. He will discuss with Serbian authorities the operational aspects of Serbia’s cooperation with the Hague, member of the Prosecutor’s Immediate Office Frederick Swinnen told Tanjug on Wednesday.
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“Hague made mistake in Kosovo case”
CoE Rapporteur Dick Marty says the Hague Tribunal made a mistake when it destroyed evidence connected to the Kosovo organ trafficking. The evidence came from the town of Rripe near Burrel, in Albania.
“Too early to comment on Brammertz’s reportâ€
“It is too early and somewhat pointless to comment on Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz’s next report.”
“It is difficult to say what is going to happen in June, because it is still far away,†Head of Serbia’s Office for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal DuÅ¡an Ignjatović told Tanjug.
“We fulfill all Hague recommendationsâ€
Doubts regarding Serbia’s cooperation with the Hague Tribunal will be removed in February, said Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekarić.
“The War Crimes Prosecution is in constant contact with the Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz,†he pointed out.
Äelić: Secret services not doing enough
Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz’s stand is that Serbian secret services did not do enough to arrest the fugitives, Deputy PM Božidar Äelić said.
“Without ascertainment of full cooperation with The Hague there will be no beginning of negotiations on Serbia’s EU membership,†he told daily Blic.
Serbia to be criticized until Hague arrests
Rasim Ljajić said on Wednesday that Hague Chief Prosecutor Serge Brammertz “confirmed he wuold continue to criticize Serbia”.
This happened in his address to the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Policy, said the Ljajić, who heads Serbia’s National Council for Cooperation with the Hague.
Cases to be prosecuted after Hague
Hague Tribunal Judge Fausto Pocar said in Zagreb, Croatia, on Monday that the court was nearing the final phase of its work. He noted that after it had shut down, the prosecution of war crimes would be continued by relevant courts in the countries of the region.
Police search house of Hague fugitive’s friend
Police searched the house of Hague indictee Goran Hadžić’s friend in Novi Sad this morning.
War Crimes Prosecution has announced that the home of Zoran Mandić aka Mandarin was searched.
“Hague Tribunal should investigate UNMIKâ€
Head of the National Council for Cooperation with the Hague Tribunal Rasim Ljajić has stated that he expects a contempt of court proceedings against UNMIK. He says that UNMIK heads should be charged with contempt of court for concealing evidence in the case of human organ trafficking in Kosovo.
Hague Tribunal to shut doors by 2015
The UN has founded a new body which should finish the remaining tasks of the International Crime Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. The move comes in order to finalize the work of the two courts by the end of 2014.
“Contempt of court” urged over organ trafficking
National Hague Cooperation Council Chairman Rasim Ljajić says he will ask the Hague Tribunal to initiate “contempt of court proceedings”. They would be launched “against all those who interfered with the investigation into the illegal human organs trafficking in Kosovo”.
President on Hague, and WikiLeaks
President Boris Tadić said on Tuesday in Belgrade that Serbia will complete cooperation with the Hague Tribunal. “The relevant state authorities will do everything to find and arrest fugitive Hague indictees Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić, he said.
EU to monitor reports from Hague Tribunal
Although the EU has praised Serbia’s good results regarding reforms and implementation of the SAA, it will carefully monitor reports from the Hague Tribunal.
The EU foreign ministers have stated that the progress will open up the door for speeding up of EU integrations, including the EU candidate status, as soon as the conditions are met.
Brammertz: Mladić remains priority
Hague Tribunal Chief Prosecutor says that the Serbian authorities “can and must†do more in order to arrest Hague indictees Ratko Mladić and Goran Hadžić.
He told Voice of America (VOA) that cooperation with Serbia was good but that it needed to be more active and rigorous in terms of arresting the remaining Hague fugitives.
Anger over reduced sentence for ex-JNA officer
Hague Tribunal’s decision to reduce Veselin Å ljivanÄanin’s sentence has sparked negative reactions in Croatia.
Croatian President Ivo Josipović says that those who ordered crimes in Vukovar still have not been punished.
Hague grants Haradinaj temporary release
The Hague Tribunal has granted Ramush Haradinaj temporary release from detention over the winter court recess, from Dec. 17 until Friday Jan. 14. A similar request, however, was denied to his former fellow KLA member Lahi Brahimaj, the court said.
Hague reduces jail time for ex-JNA officer
The Appeals Chamber of the Hague Tribunal today decided to reduce the sentence handed down to Veselin Å ljivanÄanin. The former Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) officer was sent to jail for 17 years for assisting the torture and involvement in the murder of 194 Croat prisoners near Vukovar in 1991.
Hague fugitive’s family homes searched
Authorities have finished searching two locations in Novi Sad, north of Belgrade, belonging to close relatives of Hague fugitive Goran Hadžić. According to reports, the search operations were launched in order to find evidence and leads that would indicate Hadžić’s possible helpers, and assist in locating him.
Hague prosecutor: Serbia holds key
Chief Hague Prosecutor Serge Brammertz has presented his new report on Serbia’s cooperation to the United Nations Security Council in New York. “Serbia holds the key to arresting Mladić and Hadžić. They must be taken to justice if all relevant institutions do their job properly,” he said.
Naser Orić wants Serbian pension
A former Bosnian Muslim army commander tried and acquitted by the Hague on war crimes charges expects to be granted a pension in Serbia. Naser Orić, accused of killing Serb civilians in eastern Bosnia, but found by the Hague Tribunal to be innocent, says he will request his pension from Belgrade “when conditions have been met”.



